Religion: New Concepts

"Separation of church and state" has become a battle cry used by both
Protestants and skeptics against Roman Catholic "encroachments." But
some U.S. Protestants are beginning to wonder about the reality behind
the slogan. Did the Founding Fathers ever envisage a society so
secularized or a school system so studiously non-religious as the U.S.
has today?

In the current issue of Christendom,

Protestant Minister Willard Johnson wrote: "The whole problem of
relationship of religion to government remains to be settled. . . .
This is certainly one part of the 'American Way' which is undergoing
change. The historic attitudes of all religious groups,...